attendrir

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ tendre +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɑ̃.dʁiʁ/

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Verb

attendrir

1. to make softer or more tender; to soften
2. (figuratively, of a person) to soften (up)
3. (reflexive, s'attendrir) to soften up (become softer)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of attendrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	attendrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	attendrissant /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		attendri /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/	attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.se/	attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/
	imperfect	attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/	attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/	attendrissait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/	attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/	attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/	attendrissaient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendrîmes /a.tɑ̃.dʁim/	attendrîtes /a.tɑ̃.dʁit/	attendrirent /a.tɑ̃.dʁiʁ/
	future	attendrirai /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/	attendriras /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/	attendrira /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/	attendrirons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/	attendrirez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/	attendriront /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/	attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/	attendrirait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/	attendririons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	attendririez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁje/	attendriraient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/	attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/	attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/	attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/	attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/	attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/
	imperfect2	attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/	attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/	attendrît /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/	attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/	attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/	—	attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/	attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• attendrissant

Further reading

• “attendrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.